Robert Matthews

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How are batteries recycled? © Getty Images

Everyday science

How are batteries recycled?

How did people make ice before freezers? © Getty Images

Everyday science

How did people make ice before freezers?

Is it true that you must wait an hour after eating before going for a swim? © Dan Bright

Everyday science

Is it true that you must wait an hour after eating before going for a swim?

Whatever happened to ‘Starlite’? © BBC

Everyday science

Whatever happened to ‘Starlite’?

What’s the maximum number of times that you can fold a piece of paper? © Getty Images

Everyday science

What’s the maximum number of times that you can fold a piece of paper?

How much money is estimated to exist on Earth? © Alamy

Everyday science

Quick Q&A: How much money is estimated to exist on Earth?

Asteroids most likely delivered water to the moon – here's how we cracked it © Getty Images

Everyday science

Does the full Moon make people mad?

Do viruses die? © iStock

Why don’t viruses like the flu die off when no one is ill?

The thought experiment: What would happen if the Earth stopped spinning? © Getty Images

Everyday science

Why don’t I feel the Earth spinning?

Whatever happened to irradiated food? © Alamy

Everyday science

Whatever happened to irradiated food?

How did people set their clocks before TV and radio? © Getty Images

Everyday science

How did people set their clocks before TV and radio?

How hot would a pavement have to be in order to fry an egg on it? © Getty Images

Everyday science

Quick Q&A: How hot would a pavement have to be in order to fry an egg on it?

How long is a moment? © Getty Images

Everyday science

How long is a moment?

Is it possible to fly around the equator non-stop and stay in daylight? © Getty Images

Everyday science

Is it possible to fly around the equator non-stop and stay in daylight?

Do intelligent people live longer? © Getty Images

Do intelligent people live longer?